Scoop-car.



F. P. SINN & F. E. PIERCE.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1911. 1,071,104, Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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ATT RNEYS F. P. sum & F. E. PIERCE. SCOOP GAR. APPLICATION FILED MAY27, 1911. 1,071,104. Patented Aug.26,1913.

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FRANCIS P. SINN, OF PALMER/DON,

PENNSYLVANIA, AND FREDERIC E. PIERCE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SCOOP-CAB.

Specification 01! Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26,1913.

Application filed May 27, 1911. Serial No. 629,856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS P. SINN and Fnnonmo E. PIERCE, citizens of the United States, residing at Palmerton, county of Carbon, State of Pennsylvania, and New ark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoop-Cars; and we do hereby declare the following to be.a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a convenient structure embodying a scoop and a motor-impelled carriage or truck transporting and cooperating with the scoop, an peculiarly appropriate actuating mechanism therefor, with the end in View of providing an extremely simple and effective device designed to underrun by progression, lift, transport and discharge ash or other materials.

The invention consists in so mounting a scoop upon a motor-impelled wheeled truck that it may be positioned to underrun, by forward movement of the truck, a heap of the material to be handled, and may then be lifted and leveled clear for transportation, and subsequent y tilted for discharge; and in providing the motor driven mechanism of the peculiarly appropriate design hereinafter described for actuating the scoop in a simple and direct manner under complete control.

An embodiment of this invention in a scoop car for transporting ash from gas producers to any desired destination is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1, represents a plan view; Fig. *2, represents a side elevation partly in section, on line22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 represents a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with outline of ashpit in which the car operates, andFigt 4, represents a diagrammatic view in whichthe scoop and its actuating crank, connecting rod and latching device are shownat their essential positions.

Referring to the drawings, a truck body A of steel construction is mounted in the usual way upon wheels B, the rear wheels B being geared in any suitable way to a driving motor C suspended from the truck body. A second motor D, for actuating the scoop, is mounted on the truck body A and its pinion E drives a speed reducing train of gears F, F, F, F, G. The gear G is fast upon and drives a shaft H running in bearings I upon the ends of which shaft cranks J, J, are mounted in the same radial plane. Connecting rods K, K, connect the cranks J, J, with a scoop L and are securely pivoted upon the rear wall of said scoop. The scoop L is linked to the forward end of the wheeled truck being trunnioned at M, M, upon tilting arms N, N, mounted on shaft 0, journaled in the truck body A at its extreme forward end the arms and shaft forming a rocking frame or link. The scoop L is prevented from tilting farther back on arms N, N, than its position shown In Fig. 2 by stops P, P, upon its side walls abutting the arms N, N. The rocking frame consisting of the arms N, N, and shaft 0 is normally locked in the position shown in dot and dash lines in Fig. 4 by latches Q, Q, actuated through the links R, R, connected to the levers S, S, fast on a rocking shaft T, by the action of a weight U on said shaft; and the latches are released when the end of the rear crank J, going up, strikes and tilts a trigger V which actuates slotted links Vi' to engage a pin on a lever X fast on shaft T, and rock said shaft and its before-mentioned connecting parts so as to throw said latches to the full line position in Fig. 4. \Vhen the latches Q, Q, release the rear ends of the arms N,N, the cranks J, J, moving upward immediately force the scoop L forward and downward to the lower position shown in Fig. l and in full lines in Fig. 4, and the rear ends of the arms N, N, hold the latches back as shown until such time as the arms N, N, are returned to their upper position, when the weight- U will throw the latches forward looking the arms N, N, again in their upper position. When the trigger V is tilted by the downward stroke of the near crank J it does not operate to release the latches owing to the length of the slot in link V.

A cab is provided at the rear end of the truck body A for the operator and is provided with the usual controllers (not shown) for the motors C. and D, and a connection X for a brake wheel, within easy reach of the operator. A trolley Y mounted upon the cab conducts current to the car from any suitable source as trolley wires or rails.

The operation is as follows: The scoop L being in the position shown in dot and dash lines in Fig. l the operator drives the car to within a sh rt distance of the material ato be moved and then operates the (.(lllll'tilltfl of the motor clockwise from the (see Fig. The near trigger V at its start rel the drawing back of the further movement of the ries the scoop and arms N tion shown in full lines in is then brought into play and the truck is run forward causing: the scoop in this position to underrun the ash or other material and be tilled therewith. Motor 1) is then reversed and the cranks J returned clockwise to position a drawing; back and lifting and leveling, the scoop L, with its load, and arms N, clear of the track and into the position first named Where the latches Q engage the arms N by the fall of weight U. The car is then run to a discluirge pit or trestle where the motor 1) aga tion to drive the cranks sition a to position (1, and a the trigger V does not release the latches during this op eration, the arms N remain locked and the scoop L is tilted thei discharge shown in dotted lines and its load discharged. ment of the cranks J clockwise from c to .e/ tilts the scoop L back to the first position named, and as the latches Q. are not released by the trip of trigger V crank J trips the easing arms N by latches Q, and the cranks J to carto the lower posi- Fig. 4-.

J clockwise from poposition of travel and the car may be driven back to the heap of material and the same operation repeated.

It is obvious that various cl made in the detail rangement without of this invention.

Having thus described we laim is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body, a rocking frame pv oted upon the forward end of said body. a scoop trunnioned upon said frame and movable therewith to an upper and a lower position, means for locking the frame in the upper position. and an actuator on said body connected directly to said scoop to move the said scoop with said frame to and from said upper and lower positions when said frame is free, and tilt said scoop on said frame when t position.

2. In apparatus of the tang es ma be of construction and ardeparting from the spirit class described, the

combination of a body, a, rocking frame pivj oted upon the forward end of said bod v, a

l) to drive the crank J counter position a to position Z),

Motor C I in set in inocon to the position of i in Fig. A further movein this direction, the several parts are brought back to their our invention what i he latter is locked in its upper l l scoop trunnioned upon said t and lnovablc therewith 5 lower po -ition a rocking frame to an upper and a lock designed to stcurc said frame in its upper position, a crank journaled on said body, and a connecting red directly c nnecting said crank and said woop to move. by the angular movement of i said crank, ihe said scoop with said frame l to and from aid upper and lower positions I when v aid f: ame is free and till the scoop on the frame when the latter is locked in its i upper position. 2. ln apparatus of the classdescribed, the t combination of a body. a rocking frame pivoted upon the forward end of said body, a i scoop trnnn oned upon said rocking frame I and in .vable therewith to an upper and a lower posit on, an automatic latch adapted t to lock said frame in said upper position, a crank journaled on said body, a manually controlled power drive for said crank in both directions of rotation, a release for said I latcl actuated by the rotation of said crank t in one direction only, a connecting rod dil rectlv connecting said crank on said scoop to linove said scoop with said frame to said i lower position by a continued movement i said crank in that direction which has l leased said latch, the connectin ing als to move the scoop to said upper position and till it in said upper pt'isition by th-;- nuuement of said crank in the counterdirection to that which relea e s: id latch. l ln apparatin of the class described, l the coinliinaticn o! a body, members pivoted l upon the l'crward p rtion of said body, a l scoop trunnioncd upon aid members andmovj able therewith to an upper and a lower positiln. a lat h vulapt d to r ain v aid members g rod servin th ir u p r posit on. a crank upon said f body, a co netting int? i min -I i: said sco p 1nd said rank. the .l l or turned to et' l tel-t, l v t angular ii t itiiittli id said crank, a moienieil ot ,lll scoop and said mom i bers from heir lower to th ir upper positionand we ktl'eilwhen said members are fre -.tl'ect a dumping of said scoop upon its tiunnions when said members are iatrlu-d in their upper positions.

, In apparatus of the class described, a i bod arms N pi voted to the forward end of the bod a roop ll trunnioned upon said a rat crank .i mounted to revolve on said j b-dv, and connecting rods K pivoted to the scoop and to the cranks; substantially as del scribed. l (l. A scoop i pelled wheeled truck, a rock l ed upon the, forward e i scoop trunnioned and adapted and an upper l said frame in sa tuator on said i said scoop to mo Illl i ear comprising a motor iming fran'ie pivotnd of said truck, a upon said rocking frame to assume therewith a. lower position, means for locking id upper position, and an actruck connected directly to re the same with said frame to and from said upper and lower positions when said frame is free and tilt said scoop on said frame when the latter is locked in said upper position.

7. A scoop car comprising a motor impelled wheeled truck a rocking frame pivoted upon the forward end of said truck, a scoop trunnioned upon said rocking frame and adapted to assume therewith a lower and an upper position, means for locking said frame in said upper position, a crank journaled on said truck and a connecting rod directly connecting said crank and said scoop to move, by the angular movement of said crank, said scoop with said frame to and from said upper and lower positions when said frame is free and tilt the scoop on the frame when the latter is locked in its upper positiom 8. A scoop car comprising a motor impelled wheeled truck, a rocking frame pivoted upon the forward end of said truck, a scoop trunnioned upon said rocking frame and adapted to assume therewith a lower and anupper position, an automatic latch adapted to lock said frame in said upper position, a crank journaled on said truck, a manually controlled power drive for said crank in both directions of rotation, a release for said latch actuated by the rotation of said crank in one direction only, a connecting rod directly connecting said crank and said scoop to move said scoop with said frame to said lower position by a continued movement of said crank in that direction which has released said latch, the connecting rod serving also to move the scoop to said upper position and tilt it in said upper position by the movement of said crank in the counter direction to that which releases said latch.

9. A scoop car comprising a wheeled truck, a motor suitably geared to the wheels of said truck for propelling the same, members pivoted upon the forward portion of said truck, a scoop trunnioned upon said members and adapted to be moved therewith to upper and lower positions, a latch adapted to retain said members in their upper position, a crank upon said truck, a connecting rod connecting said scoop and said crank, the whole organized to effect by the an lar movement of said crank, a movement 0 said scoop and said members from their lower to their upper positions and vice versa when said members are not latched in their upper positions and effect a dumping of said scoop upon its trunnions when said members are latched in their upper positions.

10. A scoop car comprising a wheeled truck, arms N pivoted to the forward end of said truck, a scoop L trunnioned upon said arms, cranks J mounted to revolve on said truck, connecting rods K pivoted to said scoop and said crank, and latches Q adapted for latching engagement with said arms, substantially as described.

11. A scoop car comprising a wheeled truck, arms N pivoted to the forward end of the truck, a scoop L trunnioned upon said arms, cranks J mounted to revolve on said truck, and connecting rods K pivoted to the scoop and to the cranks; substantially as described.

12. A scoop car having a low center of gravity, comprising in part the combination with a low lying truck body having supporting wheels and axles adjacent the ends thereof, of a crank journaled low upon said body to rotate in a vertical plane within the space between said axles, a rocking frame pivoted upon the forward end of said body, a scoop trunnioned upon said rocking frame and adapted to assume therewith a lower and an upper position, means for locking said frame in its upper position to said body, and a connecting rod direptl connecting said crank and said scoop, t e rotation of said crank effecting, movements of said scoop with said frame to and from said upper and lower positions when said frame is free, and tilting said scoop on said frame when said frame is locked in its upper position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS P. SINN. FREDERIC E. PIERCE. Witnesses:

C. B. GUDE, E. G. TACY. 

